Dance Revels Moving History

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Dance Revels Moving History makes history fun and memorable for audiences of all ages using dance, theater, live music and historical costuming. Dancer and director Jane Peck is joined by dancer Christopher Yaeger and the fiddle magic of Gary Schulte or Judith Eisner and other special guests. Dance Revels Moving History has performed across the Midwest and Canada since 1990.

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Cecilia Rolando

I feel like the show (Masquerade at the Palace) is a hidden treasure, both beautiful and funny.

Audience Member, MIA

Programs offered by this artist/ensemble

Performance

A Voyageur's Tale
Discover the customs, clothing and dance of the French voyageur and the French-Ojibwe cultures in Minnesota history.
Masquerade at the Palace
This is a masked comedy with live classical music, dance, and acting from the palaces of 18th C. France!
Sister or Servant?
The performance provides a fascinating look at family and class relationships with traditional commedia dell'arte characters, live classical music and dancing.
Step Back, Yankee Doodle!
Enter the world of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington, the New Africans of Virginia, the early Spanish and Pueblo cultures of Santa Fe and the French in the Midwest.

Workshop

A Day in Colonial America
Students join in the fun of Colonial North American dance and rhythms, including the Boston Tea Party contredanse, jig steps from New France, and Canario rhythms of New Spain.
A Day in the Life of a Voyageur
Students learn about Minnesotan history as they kick up their heels in the dances of French voyageurs and their French-Indian families.
Get Moved by Classical Music!
Students actively explore the classical dance forms of minuet, gavotte, waltz, and polka.